The Lieutenant - Thornhill Family Series #2

The Text Publishing Company, Australia, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 307 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: The Text Publishing Company, Australia, 2008. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Daniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, was always an outsider. As a young lieutenant of marines he arrives in New South Wales on the First Fleet in 1788 and sees his chance. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp, and begins the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his isolated promontory, and a child named Tagaran begins to teach him her language. With meticulous care he records their conversations. An extraordinary friendship forms, and Rooke has almost forgotten he is a soldier when a man is fatally wounded in the infant colony. The lieutenant faces a decision that will define not only who he is but the course of his entire life. In this profoundly moving novel Kate Grenville returns to the landscape of The Secret River. Inspired by the notebooks of William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a compelling story about friendship and self-discovery. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN/EAN: 9781921351785. Inventory No: 24040243.. 9781921351785